[mythtv-users] PVR 350 / fine tune frequencies

[Matthew K. Lee]

<snip>
> The only way to tell for sure is from the ivtv initialization log
> messages, which you can retrieve with:
>
> tac /var/log/messages |
> sed -n '/=\ \ END INIT IVTV\ \ =/,/= START INIT IVTV =/p;
>        /= START INIT IVTV =/q' |
> tac
>
> However, from your modprobe.conf, I notice that you're not specifying a
> tuner definition (i.e. options ivtv tuner=XXX), so it's likely you are
> using the right one.
>
> If you really want to see if it's a tuning issue, I'm going to be
> posting a patch for SVN that fixes the frequency definitions so they're
> "academically correct" in the thread
> http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/177694#177694 .
> You're welcome to apply it to SVN, compile, and test.  It shouldn't make
> any difference (the tuner hardware's fine-tuning mechanism should be
> able to "zero-in" on the channel, anyway), but it's possible that your
> cable company is transmitting some channels at frequencies that are off
> in the opposite direction that the tuner frequency list is off, so the
> delta is too large for the fine-tuning mechanism on these channels.
>
> Mike
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Mike,

Thanks for the nifty command... Here's the output...

Jan 26 10:04:34 stumpy kernel: ivtv:  ==================== START INIT
IVTV ====================
Jan 26 10:04:34 stumpy kernel: ivtv:  version 0.4.2 (tagged release) loading
Jan 26 10:04:34 stumpy kernel: ivtv:  Linux version: 2.6.14-1.1656_FC4
686 REGPARM 4KSTACKS gcc-4.0
Jan 26 10:04:34 stumpy kernel: ivtv:  In case of problems please
include the debug info between
Jan 26 10:04:34 stumpy kernel: ivtv:  the START INIT IVTV and END INIT
IVTV lines, along with
Jan 26 10:04:34 stumpy kernel: ivtv:  any module options, when mailing
the ivtv-users mailinglist.
Jan 26 10:04:34 stumpy kernel: ivtv0: Autodetected WinTV PVR 350 card
(cx23415 based)
Jan 26 10:04:34 stumpy kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKF] enabled at IRQ 11
Jan 26 10:04:34 stumpy kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:01:0d.0[A] ->
Link [LNKF] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11
Jan 26 10:04:34 stumpy kernel: ivtv0: Unreasonably low latency timer,
setting to 64 (was 32)
Jan 26 10:04:34 stumpy kernel: tveeprom: ivtv version
Jan 26 10:04:34 stumpy kernel: tveeprom: Hauppauge: model = 48132, rev
= K268, serial# = 7734528
Jan 26 10:04:34 stumpy kernel: tveeprom: tuner = LG TAPE H001F MK3
(idx = 68, type = 47)
Jan 26 10:04:34 stumpy kernel: tveeprom: tuner fmt = NTSC(M) (eeprom =
0x08, v4l2 = 0x00001000)
Jan 26 10:04:34 stumpy kernel: tveeprom: audio processor = MSP4448 (type = 1b)
Jan 26 10:04:34 stumpy kernel: tveeprom: decoder processor = SAA7115 (type = 13)
Jan 26 10:04:34 stumpy kernel: ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok
[client=tveeprom, addr=50]
Jan 26 10:04:34 stumpy kernel: tuner 1-0061: chip found @ 0xc2 (ivtv
i2c driver #0)
Jan 26 10:04:34 stumpy kernel: ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok
[client=(tuner unset), addr=61]
Jan 26 10:04:34 stumpy kernel: saa7115 1-0021: ivtv driver
Jan 26 10:04:34 stumpy kernel: saa7115 1-0021: saa7115 found @ 0x42
(ivtv i2c driver #0)
Jan 26 10:04:34 stumpy kernel: ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok
[client=saa7115, addr=21]
Jan 26 10:04:34 stumpy kernel: saa7127 1-0044: ivtv driver
Jan 26 10:04:34 stumpy kernel: saa7127 1-0044: saa7129 found @ 0x88
(ivtv i2c driver #0)
Jan 26 10:04:34 stumpy kernel: ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok
[client=saa7127, addr=44]
Jan 26 10:04:34 stumpy kernel: msp3400 1-0040: ivtv driver
Jan 26 10:04:34 stumpy kernel: msp3400 1-0040: chip=MSP4448G-A2 +nicam
+simple +simpler +radio mode=simpler
Jan 26 10:04:34 stumpy kernel: ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok
[client=MSP4448G-A2, addr=40]
Jan 26 10:04:34 stumpy kernel: msp3400 1-0040: msp34xxg daemon started
Jan 26 10:04:34 stumpy kernel: tda9885/6/7: chip found @ 0x86
Jan 26 10:04:34 stumpy kernel: ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok
[client=tda9887, addr=43]
Jan 26 10:04:34 stumpy kernel: ivtv0: loaded v4l-cx2341x-enc.fw
firmware (262144 bytes)
Jan 26 10:04:34 stumpy kernel: ivtv0: loaded v4l-cx2341x-dec.fw
firmware (262144 bytes)
Jan 26 10:04:34 stumpy kernel: ivtv0: Encoder revision: 0x02040024
Jan 26 10:04:34 stumpy kernel: ivtv0 warning: Encoder Firmware can be
buggy, use version 0x02040011 or 0x02050032.
Jan 26 10:04:34 stumpy kernel: ivtv0: Decoder revision: 0x02020023
Jan 26 10:04:34 stumpy kernel: ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder MPEG
stream: 128 x 32768 buffers (4096KB total)
Jan 26 10:04:34 stumpy kernel: ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder YUV stream:
194 x 10800 buffers (2048KB total)
Jan 26 10:04:34 stumpy kernel: ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder VBI stream:
120 x 17472 buffers (2048KB total)
Jan 26 10:04:34 stumpy kernel: ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder PCM audio
stream: 455 x 4608 buffers (2048KB total)
Jan 26 10:04:34 stumpy kernel: ivtv0: Create encoder radio stream
Jan 26 10:04:34 stumpy kernel: ivtv0: Allocate DMA decoder MPEG
stream: 16 x 65536 buffers (1024KB total)
Jan 26 10:04:34 stumpy kernel: ivtv0: Allocate DMA decoder VBI stream:
512 x 2048 buffers (1024KB total)
Jan 26 10:04:34 stumpy kernel: ivtv0: Create decoder VOUT stream
Jan 26 10:04:34 stumpy kernel: ivtv0: Allocate DMA decoder YUV stream:
24 x 43200 buffers (1024KB total)
Jan 26 10:04:34 stumpy kernel: ivtv0: loaded v4l-cx2341x-init.mpg
firmware (155648 bytes)
Jan 26 10:04:34 stumpy kernel: tuner 1-0061: type set to 47 (LG NTSC
(TAPE series))
Jan 26 10:04:34 stumpy kernel: ivtv0: Initialized WinTV PVR 350, card #0
Jan 26 10:04:34 stumpy kernel: ivtv:  ====================  END INIT
IVTV  ====================